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- All, wholly
This quantifier means ”all” or ”wholly” by virtue of its literal meaning ”all
parts”:
”(I)’ve spent almost all my money.”Beginning students will often mistakenly use this quantifier whenmeaning
, which means ”every(thing)” rather than ”all”, or vice versa,
so make sure you picked the right one.
- Every, everything
This quantifier is usually paired with positive verbs (and should not be
confused with
!):
”(I)’ve (sadly) read every book on (my) shelves.”5.3 Using numbers
In addition to knowing what to call numbers and which particles to use
for counting statements, there are two important ”number” subjects that
deserve special mention: telling time, and arithmetics. In this section we
shall look at these two subjects in depth.
5.3.1 Telling time and date
Times and dates are closely related subjects, so we’ll treat them in one go.
We’ve already looked at time for a bit in the counter section, where we dis-
covered that time counters and duration counters are two different things,
leading us to guess at how to properly tell time, but let’s review these par-
ticles in a more specific seĴing of actually telling time. The Japanese time
format can be represented either in a ’before noon’/’after noon’ system or
using the 24 hour clock, but unlike the regular concept of ’24 hours’, the
Japanese clock can go beyond the number 24. For instance, a TV show
that’s on at 1:20 in the early morning, may air at 25:20 in Japan. Using